Renal Dialysis Nurse in Truro

An exciting opportunity has arisen on our Renal unit at RCHT for a Band 5 registered Renal Dialysis Nurse to work within our renal dialysis team. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, vibrant, and caring team dedicated to upholding the trust values whilst delivering excellent, holistic care and treatment for our patients. We are looking for a dedicated individual with a genuine interest in providing care for patients with renal failure to join our established and experienced team. Your role will include supporting the delivery of renal dialysis to those patients and a commitment to delivering patient-centred care.

Main duties of the job:

• The Renal Unit strives for clinical excellence and strongly supports the progression of clinical skillsets to optimise patient outcomes.
• We are developing a strong link nurse network with the aim of creating local experts within the team who can cascade knowledge and information to improve standards.
• Renal experience is not necessary as full haemodialysis training will be given, with new staff being supported to gain the skills and competencies set out within a dedicated framework.

About us:

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Job responsibilities:

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

For further information please visit: NHS Employers. We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: Degree or relevant experience; Post registration course in relevant speciality or working towards / willingness to undertake; Mentor qualification or working towards.
• Knowledge: Understanding of the professional and current issues in nursing; Understanding of audit and research methodologies; Knowledge and experience of acute dialysis patients.
• Experience: Post registration experience in the speciality; Dialysis Experience; Experience of mentoring; Experience of assessing students.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.